And he seems to be a month early. Schools have reopened, the loitering youths are confined to hostels and we can walk the pavements freely again. Thank goodness.
A group of angry Bulawayo residents swarmed the business premises of Perfect Shot Investments after a pyramid scheme in which they invested their hard-earned cash floundered. Didn’t we learn anything from the “certificate” pyramid scheme of the 90s? A fool and his money are soon parted, so the saying goes.
Dumiso Dabengwa of Zapu has said that beneficiaries of the land reform will not lose their land if he is elected president. Promises, promises Mr Dabengwa.
On top of the Harare town clerk’s Jeep Toyota Land Cruiser ($190,000) and the chamber secretary’s Grand Cherokee ($117,000), city hall will spend more on iPads and laptops.
Ostensibly, the justification is to create a paperless work environment. If that were true, how do they propose to do away with the paper bills sent to rate payers when most Harare residents aren’t on email? It’s the usual big loot before expiry of term in office.
President Mugabe has said no to vote-buying. Reiterate. President Mugabe has said no to vote-buying. That’s it. That’s the punch line.
Solomon Madzore of the MDC has been arrested for allegedly insulting the President at a rally. This is huge news. So huge that the paper reporting the story confirmed with senior assistant commissioner Charity Charamba. You know her, the one who spoke of ex-cops trying to achieve ‘regime change’.
If everybody who insulted the head-of-state-and-government-and-commander-in-chief-of-the-defence-forces-and-chancellor-of-all-state-universities (phew, mouthful) was to be arrested then we’d soon need to build more prisons. At the time of going to press, Madzore was due in court for his “limping donkey” outburst.
ZESA will sell its prepaid recharge cards through street vendors registered by the power utility. Innovation. Two things come to mind:
• urban councils need to rethink the availability of ablution facilities because our many street vendors are not going away anytime soon and
• those that estimate the unemployment rate to be over 80% need to reconsider the definition of employment because, in the last decade, the streets have become a huge employer. – My pen is capped, Jerà. Feedback: pse write to jera@workmail.com
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